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"Stabilizer Bar"
Early use of an ARB, only just adapted by Vanwall F-1 cars
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A technological tour de force
The ducted radiator was not seen again until the mid '60s
Too bad there was no time to debug the machine in that 5 months gestation.
23 laps. 115 miles at Sebring and she was DONE..
Le Mans went away..
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Nice vid, thanks for sharing. Please keep 'em coming.
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@mrpitv: Michael, No I'm not in the video. There was so much secrecy between studios that we never really knew what was going on elsewhere. That's why this video was better than most. I did recognize several studio heads and high level Styling people including my boss, Bob McLean. Larry Shinoda was there also, but it was too hard to follow who was responsible for what. Norm
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Duntov looks like Dr. Strangelove.
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Way too bad Chevrolet never built this car in volume.
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so where is this car today ?
hookuspookus529 1 year ago
@hookuspookus529 I think GM still has it.
mrpitv 1 year ago
It needed a top to qualify so they asked our (Research) studio to clay up a blister. We did that but producibility said they couldn't make it in one piece; so I worked up the cross-over trim piece to hide the split. The plaster shop took casts and sent them to make the blisters. When they arrived I saw it in the crate, upside down . It took an instant to recognize they made it in one piece after all. It took another instant to see two holes cut through the blister to hold my trim crosspiece!
NormJJames 1 year ago
@NormJJames Thank you for your comment and sharing the history of this car. Do we see you in the video? best, Michael
mrpitv 1 year ago
I agree that "Europe" is an artifical construct much like the idea of any region. It's a handy way to refer to a geographical region that also shares a common history. But it also has some political legitimacy beyond its semantic usefulness. There is a European Union and a common currency, the Euro, which replaced the Lira in Italy. In any event, you are right that Maserati and Lamborghini were developed in Italy. Although, Lamborghini is now owned by a German company, Volkswagen.
mrpitv 2 years ago
sorry if two of my comments seem to appear as news from nowhere but the comments I'm responding to must have been removed by the posters. Odd.
mrpitv 2 years ago